Later this year Iowa City's City Council will select a proposal for the redevelopment of 21 South Linn Street. Your donation will send a message: choose one that gives Stories Project a home. 

For decades, residents and local organizations have planned a museum for writing and literature, here in Iowa City. It almost happened in 2008. Under the working title “Stories Project,” a coalition of local organizations made tremendous progress toward this goal. But their work came to an untimely end with the floods of that same year.

We're rebooting Stories Project for 2024. Through vibrant, interactive experiences, we'll celebrate storytelling in all of its forms – with the goal of inspiring all of our visitors, young and old, to read. 

No city in America can provide a better home for this great institution. A one-time home to Flannery O’Connor, Kurt Vonnegut, Tennessee Williams, John Irving, Louise Glück, James Alan McPherson, Marilynne Robinson, Joy Harjo – and so many more – Iowa City was the first community in the United States to be named a UNESCO City of Literature. 

Stories Project will celebrate this heritage, draw new visitors to Iowa City, and boost our local arts efforts for years to come.

We're calling on YOU to support us as the ideal tenant at 21 South Linn Street. Whether your donation is $10 or $10,000, you'll be sending a message to City Council at a critical moment -- and therefore you'll be recognized as a Founding Donor at the eventual museum site!

If you can't donate, contact us to volunteer. Put out a yard sign. Write a letter. What you do will matter.

Because in these formative moments, everything matters.